The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-06-11
WStEsa fer TAe .Arkan&tW TSureier "COMMON SENSE CURE.
BY JENNIE roRrgR ARNOLD,


 
 In these days. when one>half tn; world seems to have gone mad aftel patent medicines, mental cures, faith cures" and everything that l, new and fashionable. which prumisss to eradicate disease without any effort on the part of the patient, or an, giving up of long cherished. injurious habits, there ought to arise an advo. cate of common sense cure" to teach the people the truth of th., old aaags that "an ounce of preventive is worth s pound of cure"
 All cases of sickness, except thoss caused by accident, and sometimes even these. aro the direct result al breaking some law of nature. Igno- rantly or wiltully makes no differ ence, the law has been broken and the penalty must follow. How. then, cau the popular idea ot faith curc" ht anything but an insult to the Al mighty? say 1t with all reverence but is it not SO? We have broken natures iaw-God's law-and then expect Him to perform miracle to save us from suffering the penalty oi that broken law. Methinks 1t would be honoring God more to teach thC ignorant the laws oi nature and r,- prove those who wilMlly break thosC laws. than to lead them to expect miracles ot healing while they live ir constant disobcdience of the plainest ior N.NR. hNS,.
 We are becoming nation of in valids one-eighth of the men ar chronic dyspeptics: more than one eighth of the women are seemingly diseased from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot.
 X man rushcs business all day, eat. at irregular intervals, bolts his tiiniW; in fifteen minutes or spends half his nights in amusement or dissipation cats everything that ple,ses his pal ate. whether healthtul or unhcalthful his digestive organs and nervous svs- tenn become broken down--is it "aith cure" or mental cure" he needs ? Would not n good strong dose oi common sense bc of more practical benefit
 Another rushes out of heated of. flee or store into the keen. icv air without an overcaat. lt k only for q moment. and it is too much trouble to bundle up. The piercing cold air chills him through. cold sets in pneuAonia follows. and In the full strength of his manhood he lies down to die. You draw on long face and talk solcmnly of "thc mysterious dis pensatinn of Providence. tell you God has nothing to do with it. That is plain talk, but the truth k the man lacked common sense. He ought to have known better than to violate one of the plaincst, simplest laws of nat,lre, but having violated it he simply snf- fercd the penalty.
 You intend to bc good Christian, to sympathizc with the sick and suf- tering; you visit some weak. nervous invalid shut up in n close. warm room from which all light and air are cN- cluded. You try to comfort her with the old quotation. Whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth."
 Nonsense Do you suppose the Lord created free mir and sunshine and then loves her any better for keep ing herself weak and nervous bv shut ting them out?
 You had far better tell her that when she wants healthy. vigorous plant she does not shut il up in dark cellar, but gives it an abundance of light and air, and it Is common sense to suppose that n human plant to bc healthy and vigorous needs 1t just ns much.
 A very large proportion of our women keep themselves in close, warm rooms day after day, breathing the same air over and over again. The most of their work calls into exercise only few of their muscles. and fre- quently these are overtaskssi. while the others grow weak and softened from inefficient use and at last good share of our women become perIna- ncnt invalids, burden to themselves and A care to their friends. Why could not some plain, practical woman teach them that fresh air k an abso- lute necessity to health, and frequent change of employment, or, where that + impossible, the practice of Il few sensible gymimstic rules fer |; !ew moments each day would bring the idle muscles into play, keep them strong and preserve the balance of health in the system. That if, instead of shivering over stoves or registers on cold days, they would walk briskly in the open mir for half an hour, it would bring delightful glow and warmth to body and limbs, which all the artificial heat in the world can Dever aiTori. Every woman, i,o E,s:-